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Each oneἕκαστοςmust giveasκαθὼςhe has decidedπροῄρηταιin his heart,τῇ καρδίᾳnotμὴout ofἐκgriefλύπηςorἢout ofἐξcompulsion;ἀνάγκηςforγὰρGodὁ θεόςlovesἀγαπᾷa cheerfulἱλαρὸνgiver.δότην
Allusion · Proverbs 22:8
Go to Proverbs 22:8“A cheerful giver” (hilaron dotēn) is in the Septuagint of Proverbs 22:8, in a sentence that the Hebrew does not have: “God blesses a cheerful and generous man.”
They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.
Words of the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the OT (Proverbs 22:8 in the Septuagint numbering; Swete's text, CC BY-SA 4.0):
- ἱλαρὸνhilaronG2431ἱλαρὸνhilaronLXX“cheerful”
- δότηνdotēnG1395δότηνdotēnLXX“giver”